Post WWI 20s & 30s Vocab

Question 1

Domestic Affairs

Answer 1

Internal (national) issues- stuff that happens in the America.

Question 2

Tariff

Answer 2

Tax on imported goods.

Question 3

Isolationism

Answer 3

When a country stays to itself and keeps out of world conflicts and wars,

Question 4

Protectionism

Answer 4

Trying to protect Native-born Americans and American businesses

Question 5

Communism

Answer 5

The government makes all the decisions.

Question 6

Red Scare

Answer 6

Post WWI reaction to communism-driven by fear and mistrust.

Question 7

Sacco and Vanzetti

Answer 7

Italian-immigrant -anarchists-accused of murder-and executed.

Question 8

Anarchy

Answer 8

No government.

Question 9

Palmer Raids

Answer 9

Raids on suspected communists.

Question 10

19th Amendment

Answer 10

gave the woman the right to vote.

Question 11

Great Migration

Answer 11

Movement of African-Americans from southern farms to northern cities.

Question 12

Jim Crow

Answer 12

Segregation laws that keep blacks and whites different in the south.

Question 13

Urban Areas

Answer 13

Cities.

Question 14

Rural Areas

Answer 14

Country.

Question 15

Harlem Renaissance

Answer 15

Celebration of African-American culture in the 1920’s.

Question 16

Prohibition

Answer 16

The 13-year ban on alcohol.

Question 17

Speakeasy

Answer 17

The secrete bar where people drank during prohibition.

Question 18

Popular Culture

Answer 18

The stuff most people do and like.

Question 19

Consumerism

Answer 19

Buying more and more all the time.

Question 20

Installment Plan

Answer 20

Buying stuff on payments (instead of paying cash upfront).

Question 21

Flapper

Answer 21

Young, Modern 1920’s woman.

Question 22

Buying Stocks on Margin

Answer 22

Making a down payment on a stock and trying to sell it for a profit.

Question 23

Stock Speculation

Answer 23

Buying stocks in anticipation that their price will go up. (Regardless of the true value of the stock)

Question 24

Herbert Hoover

Answer 24

A president in 1929-1933 and is all about laizze-faire.

Question 25

Stock Market Crash

Answer 25

A severe drop in stock value.

Question 26

Consumers

Answer 26

People who buy stuff.

Question 27

The Dust Bowl

Answer 27

The great plains were a desert.

Question 28

Soup Kitchens

Answer 28

Serve food to poor people.

Question 29

Bonus Army

Answer 29

WWI-Protested in Washington-wanted bonus checks–got gassed.

Question 30

Shantytowns/Hoovervilles

Answer 30

Homeless settlements–named for president Hoover.

Question 31

Franklin Roosevelt(FDR)

Answer 31

President in 1933-1945 and made (new deal) reforms.

Question 32

New Deal

Answer 32

FDR’s plan to end depression– greatly increased the size of the government.(CCC, FDIC, and social security)

Question 33

(CCC) Civilian Conservation Corps

Answer 33

Government programs-jobs to young men on conservation projects.

Question 34

(SEC) Securities and Exchanges Commision

Answer 34

Regulates the stock market to prevent abuse.

Question 35

(FDIC) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Answer 35

Insures bank deposits up to 250,000.

Question 36

(SSA) Social Security Administration

Answer 36

Provides old age and disability insurance.

Question 37

Subsidy(Subsidies)

Answer 37

Monetary support from the government.(Food stamps, Government giving farmers money to encourage them to grow crops)